Avalanche
- Slab Width
- 30 m
- Trigger Type
- Skier
- Vertical Fall
- 6 m
- Avalanche Type
- Hard Slab
- Slab Thickness
- 76 cm
- Trigger Detail
- Remotely Triggered
- Start Zone Aspect
- Northeast
- Avalanche Problem
- Wind Slab
- Start Zone Elevation
- 2865 m
Wind was definitely the big issue today. See the included video of the very strong winds we encountered today.
I remote triggered two slides on wind loaded ridgelines.
The first one remoted triggered was a small slide on an east-facing slope by Lamb's Canyon. I had a small collapse and then saw that I had triggered the cornice from about 20' away.
The second was on the ridge above Murdock Bowl. This was triggered from 10-15' away as I was approaching the ridge. This is a repeater that Andy Paradis and I had observed on 30 Nov 2019. The first photo is the slide from 01 Jan, second photo is the size of the blocks, the third photo was this same slope on 30 Nov 2019.